Afterward, he carried me to the shower, but I was already drifting off to sleep before we'd even finished washing.
Author's pov
Cecilia awoke late the next morning, the soft light filtering through sheer curtains painting golden stripes across the sheets.
The digital clock on the nightstand blinked 10:15.
Alpha Sebastian was just beginning to stir beside her, his hair tousled, a faint crease on his cheek from the pillow.
They weren’t the only ones who had overslept.
After the chaos of the previous night, the entire house had fallen into the kind of deep, dreamless sleep that came only when adrenaline finally ran dry.
Then Alpha Sebastian established a mind-link with Beta Sawyer, his expression turning briefly focused and distant.
He asked him to tell Martha that t
